§ 184 Valuation

   No ordinance making such grant or renewal shall be valid unless it shall expressly provide therein that the price to be paid by the City for the property that may be acquired by it from such utility, by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, shall exclude all value of such grant or renewal.

(Effective November 9, 1931)

§ 185 Extensions

   The Council may, by ordinance, grant to any individual, company or corporation operating a public utility, the right to extend the appliances and service of such utility. All such extensions shall become a part of the aggregate property of the utility, and shall be subject to all the obligations and reserved rights in favor of the City applicable to the property of the utility by virtue of the ordinance providing for its construction and operation. The right to use and maintain any such extension shall expire with the original grant of the utility to which the extension was made or any renewal thereof.

(Effective November 9, 1931)

§ 186 Passage of Franchise Ordinances

   No ordinance making, amending or renewing a grant to construct or operate a public utility or to extend the appliances or service thereof, shall be adopted by the Council until adequate public hearings shall have been held on such ordinance, and until at least one week after its publication in the City Record in final form.

(Effective November 9, 1931)

§ 187 Certified Copies of Grants and Other Documents

   Every public utility, and every owner of a public utility grant, shall file with the City certified copies of all such grants owned or claimed, or under which any such utility is operated within the City. Certified copies of all public utility grants, and of all amendments, renewals and extensions thereof, made subsequent to the taking effect of this section shall be filed with the City by the grantee within ten days after acceptance thereof. No grant to construct or operate a public utility shall be transferable except with the approval of the Council expressed by ordinance; and certified copies of all transfers, mortgages, and other documents affecting the title or use of public utilities shall be filed with the City within ten days after their execution. The certified copies of grants and other documents required by this section to be filed with the City shall be filed and preserved as a public record in such office thereof as the Council may by ordinance provide.

(Effective November 9, 1931)

§ 188 Grant Nonexclusive; Maximum Time Limit

   No right or rights to construct, maintain, or operate any public utility in the City of Cleveland shall be exclusive; nor shall such right or rights be granted for a longer period than twenty-five years.

(Effective November 9, 1931)